Photograph of Charlemae Hill Rollins (librarian and children's author) and a poem from Gwendolyn Brooks dedicated to Rollins upon her retirement from Hall Branch. Rollins mentored Brooks as a fellow author. Brooks would go on to mentor and encourage many young writers. "For Charlemae Rollins, Her gift is long delayed, And even now is paid, In insufficient measure, Rhymeful reverence, For such excellence, Is microcopic treasure, Nothing is enough, For one who gave us love, Who gave us clarity, Who gave us sentence, Who gave us definition, Who gave us of her vision. Gwendolyn Brooks, May 25, 1963."